What does intended mean?

Definitions for intended
ɪnˈtɛn dɪdin·tend·ed

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word intended.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. intendedadjective

    resulting from one's intentions

    "your intended trip abroad"; "an intended insult"

  2. intendedadjective

    future; betrothed

    "his intended bride"

Wiktionary

  1. intendednoun

    Fiancé or fiancée.

  2. intendedadjective

    Planned.

ChatGPT

  1. intended

    Intended generally refers to something that is planned, purposeful, or deliberate. It often refers to ideas, actions, or outcomes that are decided on or aimed for in advance.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Intended

    of Intend

  2. Intendedadjective

    made tense; stretched out; extended; forcible; violent

  3. Intendedadjective

    purposed; designed; as, intended harm or help

  4. Intendedadjective

    betrothed; affianced; as, an intended husband

  5. Intendednoun

    one with whom marriage is designed; one who is betrothed; an affianced lover

Editors Contribution

  1. intendedverb

    Verb form of the word intend.

    She had intended to get a card but chose to focus on the people around her in that moment, she got one the next day.


    Submitted by MaryC on February 1, 2020  

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'intended' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1449

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'intended' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3552

Anagrams for intended »

  1. detinned

  2. indented

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of intended in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of intended in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of intended in a Sentence

  1. Douglas Adams:

    I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be.

  2. Mike Byrne:

    Just like a shelter is not intended to be a long-term solution for somebody, a hotel room... was never intended to be a long-term solution, what we work hard at is to provide overarching case management to these families... to help them find a way back into their home( in Puerto Rico).

  3. Stephen Colbert:

    No. Your movie‘Stuart Saves His Family ’ was intended to be funny but was n’t, that photo was intended to embarrass His Family '. That’s why he did it while His Family ' was asleep.

  4. Raymond Chandler:

    The law isn't justice. It's a very imperfect mechanism. If you press exactly the right buttons and are also lucky, justice may show up in the answer. A mechanism is all the law was ever intended to be.

  5. The Israeli security official:

    Money was used to fund Hamas and pay armed wing fighters, and food and health packs intended for Gaza residents were also given to Hamas operatives, rather than to their intended recipients, the poor and meek of Gaza.

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    lacking orderly continuity
    • A. frantic
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